The growth and erosion of cinder cones in Guatemala and El Salvador: Models and statistics

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 201, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 39-52

  Bemis, Karen ^a   Walker, Jim ^b   Borgia, Andrea ^a,d   Turrin, Brent ^a   Neri, Marco ^c   Swisher, Carl ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age dating; Cinder cones; Morphology

Indexed keywords

AGE DATING; ARIZONA; AVERAGE HEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CINDER CONES; CONE ANGLE; EL SALVADOR; GUATEMALA; ME-XICO; MEAN VALUES; NUMERICAL MODELS; RADIUS RATIO; REANALYSIS; SAN FRANCISCO VOLCANIC FIELD; VOLCANIC FIELD;

MORPHOLOGY;

VOLCANOES;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CINDER CONE; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 79953055029     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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